Performing Arts & Music

The Freddy Fixer parade has been a source of pride in New Haven’s Black community since 1962. But the pandemic posed a serious threat to arts and cultural organizations, stopping public events and pausing traditional fundraisers. And though the nation has slowly reopened, even as COVID positivity rates climb again, organizations like this one are still feeling the financial hangover that has come with two years of dormancy.

Adger Cowans, 85, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, talks about his career as a photographer and visual artist, the racism he faced and what has motivated him to make art.

The 28-year-old rapper opens up about her two Grammy nominations, and how meditation helps her stay centered amid an increasingly busy career.

Playwright and actor Alaudin Ullah brings his parents’ immigration story to the stage playing 37 characters in his solo play Dishwasher Dreams. This hour on Where We Live, Ullah shares his experience growing up as a first-generation Muslim American and what he’s learned about Hollywood.

The world-famous cellist made a personal stand with Ukraine on Monday, setting up his instrument on the sidewalk in Washington, D.C., next to an improvised street sign reading, "Zelensky Way."

This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show: Who’s running for president in 2024? Why isn’t there a COVID vaccine for pets? And what happened to Eric Clapton?

The Norfolk Chamber Music Festival has launched an initiative that uses classical music as a conduit for conversations about race and diversity.The…

Bo Burnham: Inside is a Netflix standup comedy concert play documentary thing written, shot, edited, directed, and performed by Bo Burnham. Burnham made…

The 90-year-old shuttered Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford will soon spring to life.When the pandemic hit, 90% of workers there were…

Dragons have captured our imagination going back to the Greek and Roman Empires when the skeletal bones of dinosaurs fed the myths we still believe…